Aussie Pro Rugby
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First thing - Sevens. Both mens and womens significantly weakened by lack of NZ and Fiji, it must be said. That, plus Samoa skipping the odd round, has allowed some invitational teams in which has been a plus.
Aussie girls have won 3 from 4 with one bronze - knocked out of the Malaga event in the SF by Russia. Belgium, Poland, and Portugal filling gaps.
Men have done reasonably well with 2 silvers to the Blitzbokke, who are basically unchallenged at this point. Corey Toole a standout. The other results have been QF exits. Jamaica and Germany invitational teams showing a bit of pluck - particularly the latter who have a lot of Irish and English accents
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After beating the Ponies in a very wet Bowral last week, the Waratahs are holding a trial match this Saturday against a few of the Shute Shield clubs based outside The Golden Circle.
The venue is Eric Tweedale stadium just south of Parramatta, which is home to the Western Sydney Two Blues (Parramatta). Eric Tweedale is the oldest living Wallaby and played for the Two Blues back in the day.
Nice looking venue. Love the timber roof structure.
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anyone watch the Aussie Survivor?
one of our boys representing!
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Pay for win
Wallabies to be paid more for wins than losses, but players say deal a ‘one-off’
A new collective bargaining agreement will see Wallabies stars pocket more if they win than if they lose in 2022. But it is not a step toward win-only match payments, say the players.
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@machpants without reading the entire (paywalled) article, but I'm happy to support an incentive-based top-up system.
Not that I think they're going there out to lose, but some days you have to fucking question it, based on their decision making.
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@nta said in Aussie Rugby:
@machpants without reading the entire (paywalled) article, but I'm happy to support an incentive-based top-up system.
Not that I think they're going there out to lose, but some days you have to fucking question it, based on their decision making.
Weird not paywalled for me, or maybe there's a few free wach time period
The plan was to restore the Test fees to full amounts in 2022 but with RA still impacted heavily by COVID-19, players agreed to continue reduced rates this year but with a difference – Wallabies representatives will earn around $7500 per win and around $5000 per loss.
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@machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
Weird not paywalled for me, or maybe there's a few free wach time period
I think they're still using a system of free articles per month up to a limit.
Still a fair bit of cheddar for a loss.
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@nta said in Aussie Rugby:
@machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
Weird not paywalled for me, or maybe there's a few free wach time period
I think they're still using a system of free articles per month up to a limit.
Still a fair bit of cheddar for a loss.
I'd love to get $5k to be second best at my job.
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@nepia said in Aussie Rugby:
@nta said in Aussie Rugby:
@machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
Weird not paywalled for me, or maybe there's a few free wach time period
I think they're still using a system of free articles per month up to a limit.
Still a fair bit of cheddar for a loss.
I'd love to get $5k to be second best at my job.
Ah but you'd still be best in Oz
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@kiwimurph will be a good fullback option , after watching the first round ,none of the fullbacks really threw their hands up with the exception of the Reds fullback ,name escapes me.
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@steven-harris said in Aussie Rugby:
@kiwimurph will be a good fullback option , after watching the first round ,none of the fullbacks really threw their hands up with the exception of the Reds fullback ,name escapes me.
Jock Campbell. Looks promising - right height and build. Decent boot and counterattack as well as defence. He's 26 now and probably hitting his straps.
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@nta said in Aussie Rugby:
@steven-harris said in Aussie Rugby:
@kiwimurph will be a good fullback option , after watching the first round ,none of the fullbacks really threw their hands up with the exception of the Reds fullback ,name escapes me.
Jock Campbell. Looks promising - right height and build. Decent boot and counterattack as well as defence. He's 26 now and probably hitting his straps.
Looks like he might have bulked up this offseason. He looked a bit frail in previous seasons.
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just kind of noticed, looks like the Red, Tahs and Rebels are all missing jersey sponsors, cant be a good sign for rugby in aus that two of their bigger team cant get a sponsor
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@kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:
just kind of noticed, looks like the Red, Tahs and Rebels are all missing jersey sponsors, cant be a good sign for rugby in aus that two of their bigger team cant get a sponsor
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Reds have Westpac on the front of their jersey - was announced late last week and they definitely had them on the front on Saturday.
Rebels had someone called Ebury on theirs.
The Tahs are still looking - maybe nobody wants to pay the price HSBC or Volvo did previously?
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@nta ok, when i googled reds and rebels jerseys didnt have a major one of the front but if they came in only last week then the might not have made it to promotional pics etc
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@kiwiwomble they're not doing much on those "Team" pages - no player stats or anything...
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@nta and sponsors have obviously come in after the supporters jerseys were produced, not quite as bad but still not a good sign
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@kiwiwomble You'd think an entire fucking off-season lasting 6 months would allow them the time to sort their shit out.
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